Environment Projects

Glossy Black Cockatoo Conservation

The Glossy Black-Cockatoo is a charismatic, beautiful bird. It is also vulnerable to extinction. The Glossies in the Mist project aims to protect the beautiful Glossy Black-Cockatoo in the only remaining vegetated corridor between the southern Blue Mountains and Morton National Park.

Green Web

Green Web is an exciting project which maps high environmental value lands across the Shire, including important wildlife corridors such as the Great Western Wildlife Corridor and Maps priority investment areas for biodiversity conservation, including private lands.

Reports and Resources

Wingecarribee Shire Council current environmental strategies and plans as well as up to date reports on the state of the environment.

Southern Highlands Platypus Conservation Project

The Southern Highlands Platypus Conservation Project aims to gain a better understanding of platypus distribution, habitat, status and threats throughout the Southern Highlands.

Southern Highlands Koala Conservation Project

The Southern Highlands Koala Conservation Project was established by Wingecarribee Shire Council in partnership with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage to take what was the least understood koala colony in NSW at the time, and make it amongst the best understood koala colonies in the country.